Kitchen Appliances

We went looking for kitchen appliances on Friday - oven , hobs. dishwasher, washing machine, fridge-freezer. We are still deciding on integrated or not. If we have integrated they cost a bit more - and the kitchen will end up costing more too. We only got to see one shop - because the second shop we went to closed for lunch from 1 to 2. There is still a lot of businesses in Ireland that close at lunch. Most banks and solicitors etc close for an hour as do many shops. It doesn't make sense to me - surely the time people want to use these places is when they are on their lunch break? But then again - it's one of those things that make Ireland different.